Senior Salesforce Life Sciences Architect & Strategy Lead

Accenture; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture’s Salesforce Business Group seeks a Salesforce Life Sciences Functional Architect at the Senior Manager level. You will own the architecture vision for large Life Sciences programs, coordinating across design, data strategy, and integrations, while guiding architects and leads beneath you.

You’ll translate business intent into architecture, lead governance, mentor teams, and partner with Salesforce and alliance teams to drive modern platforms for commercial, medical, and patient-facing

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of progressive Salesforce delivery experience with solution architecture or senior platform leadership
• Experience architecting multiple large-scale Salesforce Life Sciences programs or regulated industries
• Experience with Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud, Health Cloud or equivalent; understanding of commercial/medical/patient-use cases
• Experience leading delivery in Agile, hybrid, or scaled Agile at program level; able to shape methodology decisions
• Experience leveraging AI/ML capabilities within Life Sciences solutions and advising clients on AI strategy
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years experience)
• Preferred Salesforce certifications (Architect/CTA) and strong end-to-end design capabilities
• Ability to mentor and develop senior architects and leads

Responsibilities

• Own the overall solution architecture vision for large-scale Life Sciences Salesforce programs
• Translate strategic intent into architecture directions and lead delivery teams
• Lead architecture governance, design reviews, and platform direction decisions
• Act as escalation point for delivery teams; resolve cross-workstream conflicts
• Advise senior client stakeholders with business-technical alignment narratives
• Mentor and develop Manager-level Solution Architects and tech leads
• Collaborate with alliance and Salesforce teams to shape solution approach
• Contribute to pursuit phases with architecture sections of RFPs and demos
• Develop reusable assets and architectural blueprints for Life Sciences space
• Manage program-level solution risks and mitigation plans

Skills

Salesforce architecture

Life Sciences domain

Agile/SAFe

AI/ML in Life Sciences

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud

Salesforce Health Cloud

MuleSoft

Systems integration

Job description

Accenture’s Salesforce Business Group seeks a Salesforce Life Sciences Functional Architect at the Senior Manager level. You will own the architecture vision for large Life Sciences programs, coordinating across design, data strategy, and integrations, while guiding architects and leads beneath you.

You’ll translate business intent into architecture, lead governance, mentor teams, and partner with Salesforce and alliance teams to drive modern platforms for commercial, medical, and patient-facing